Chapters 8-9 Summary

In chapter eight, Dallas and Feeney review the videos but cannot find anything unique about them or the camera that recorded them. Whitney calls Dallas into his office and instructs her that she is to go see DeBlass at his office in East Washington. Dallas is unhappy, but she goes. At the meeting, Dallas gets the impression that DeBlass does not want the killer found. However, Dallas makes it clear to him that she intends to find him no matter what. When Dallas and Feeney leave DeBlass's office, Dallas tells Feeney that Rockman is going to tail them. Dallas instructs Feeney to allow Rockman to follow him to New York while she goes off to check a theory.

Dallas goes to Virginia and the home of Richard DeBlass and Elizabeth Barrister. Elizabeth agrees to see Dallas. Elizabeth, who is clearly still...